プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第5版)の解説
ex・pense
/ikspéns/
1
free of expense
無料で
at public expense
公費で
at any expense
どんなに費用がかかっても
at an expense of 3 dollars
3ドル出して
without expense to a person
人に金銭的負担をかけずに
Sending a child to college is quite an expense.
子どもを大学にやるにはとても金がかかる
2 〔~s〕経費;必要経費,…費;(俸給外の)手当([連語] (1)
traveling expenses
旅費
school expenses
学費
current [running] expenses
経常費
all expenses paid
すべて相手持ちで
It's all on expenses.
それはすべて会社持ちだ
3
at the expense of A=at A's expense
1 A(人)の金[費用]で;Aに迷惑をかけて;Aをだしにして
profit at the expense of another
人の金でもうける
have a good laugh at a person's expense
人をだし[たね]にして大いに笑う
2 A(安全など)を犠牲にして
at the expense of one's health
健康を犠牲にして
go to great [a lot of] expense to do=go to the expense of doing
大金をかけて…する
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